San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-08-20

The LIGHT will bet on Wolfson right
along at the top OF the list OF contriDu-
tors to advertise the advantages OF the
town.
-WolfsOn's addition to the White
Elephant clothing emporium will be
completed next week.
Captain Tom Yates has retired from
his other business and will now give his
entire attention to hsDdling OF Louisiana
stocks. Call and see him.
The SsIadO creek. east OF the city,
rose so high yesterday evening from
tn rain that wagons and teams could
not ford IL.
Good rains have fallen along the
Sunset railway between Houston and
san Antonio.
The gas lamp on the corner OF South
COncho and MatamOrss streets, gives
forth a very dim little light. ltneeds
cleaning.
The lower San Pedro creek rose
three or four feet In its banks after the
rain yesterday evening and yet 1t did not
rain bit there.
The sanitary inspector who crosses
Commerce street bridge, must wear
green goggles, or he might discover
few filthy sewer pipes.
Il. W. Hagy, will leave next Mon
day on a trip to California. He gets let
tiers from there saying that carpenters
are making $3.50 to SIS day.
The benefit of medicine Is In having
IL properly compounded from pure
drugs. l.. Orynski's corner pharmacy
on Military plaza, corner Of South Flores
street, uses only the best. S.2Otf
Round trip tickets for sale today at
PIG Commerce street, via Arkansas Pass
railway, at So for the round trip. Secure
your tickets and reserve seats in chair
car.
To-day is the regular weekly Mexican
beggar day, and they swarmed the bust
ness parts of the city. san Antonio is
verily,a Turkish city in this respect.
There will be a sociable next Tues
day night by the Cumberland Freshly
terrain church in the basement Of the
church, and for the benefit Of the
church. All friends of this church are
invited to attend.
Lieut.. Weber, U. S. signal service
operation at Black Island, has been
transferred to post of San Antonio, and
will succeed Lieut.. Sebree as meteor
illogical observer.
News from Beeville says that Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Fowler, late of San An
tonic. but now of Beeville, have had the
misfortune to lose their only child, Ber-
tina, who recently died In that city.
We are sole agents for the famous
non-explosive Adams 81 Westlake's kero-
sene and gasoline stoves, patent pump
oil cans and oil, at lowest prices.
7-l5-tf. WAGNER & CHABoT.
If you are taken sick at night send
for medicine to l.. Orynski's Corner
Pharmacy, on Military plaza, corner OF
South Flores street. We are always
ready to accommodate the public. 20-tf
Capt. Z. N. Cook, manager of the
Keystone Cattle cOmpany's ranch near
COtulIs, is in the city and expects to
ship 1900 head OF cattle tomorrow TO
Chicago for sale.
Deputy Constable Stevens arrested a
white woman named Ida Stanfield, who
has more than once figured in police
court. She is now charged with theft Of
books from PearsOn's auction house.
City Attorney BergstrOm thinks that
the city council should call for entirely
new bids for lighting the city. either by
electricity or gas, and that the supple
mentary bids should this time be dis
pensed with. 1t is the most sensible
way out of the middle,
The fine painting, granting and
finishing work just completed at the
Elite restaurant, was executed by the
well known painter, Charley King. 1t
is finished in his best style, and Is
credit to his skill. Charley is no "botch"
painter, and don't forget it.
Lorenzo Gonzales has been arrested
on charge Of theft of a horse from ALI.
Mussey, the well known stOckman. Con
zsles mas given a preliminary examina-
ton yesterday before Justice Barnes and
was held in $1,000 bond. which, failing
TO supply, he WAS remanded TO Jail.
TO look around and see so many
poor people, idle and begging for work,
when there Is so much public money ly-
ing idle, makes us feel like "hOpping"
on to somebody, but friends say, hold on
awhile and give 'em chance(?).
The LIGHT has received an invita-
ton to attend social hop and banquet
to be given at the Excelsior hall, To-
sOya street, on Thursday next, to aug
ment the fund being raised to acOOutre
the Excelsior Guards in a proper man
ner, so that they can put In a creditable
appearance at Fort Worth.